The Shreveport businessman accused of defrauding investors out of at least $96 million pleaded not guilty to new charges related to his case Tuesday in federal court.

A grand jury in late March indicted David deBerardinis on six counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud and singular counts of bank fraud, false statement to a bank and money laundering.

deBeraradinis was originally indicted in January on four counts of wire fraud and one count of attempted bank fraud.

He entered his not guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Shreveport.

Allegations made in the original indictment accused deBerardinis of going to extreme lengths in his deception, including disguising himself as an Orthodox Jewish businessman to obtain funds from a New York equity firm.

The underlying facts alleged in the March indictment appear to match those detailed in the January indictment.

Judge Mark Hornsby said Tuesday that he anticipated at least three more months of discovery in the complex case. A status conference was set for July 31.

Hornsby said it would currently be impractical to set a trial date due to the thousands of documents that need to be reviewed.

deBerardinis is alleged to have begun the thefts in 2008 and continued through at least July 2016. The defrauded investors were from the Shreveport area and elsewhere. deBerardinis also has been sued civilly related to the alleged investment losses.